There can be no exemptions for faith-based adoption agencies from the new Equality Act, Tony Blair has said.
Asked if the Prime Minister accepted the Government miscalculated prison places as set out in the 2003 Act, the PMOS said that the Government had built nearly 20,000 extra places. HM Prison Kennett opened in Merseyside...
Asked by the BBC's Political Editor about the Sunday Telegraph story and the ITV denial from No10 and what was it Downing Street was denying, the PMOS said that the journalist had to put to him what it was that...
Put that on Friday, the Quartet was meeting in Washington for a Ministerial meeting, and was the Prime Minister going to be involved, the PMOS said that with regards to the Quartet, the Prime Minister was not going...
Asked what the Prime Minister's reaction was to the poll today regarding young Muslims' the PMOS replied that if people looked at the Prime Minister's speech on 8th December 2006, what he said was that in the UK...
Asked if the Prime Minister had any plans this week to meet with Catholic Archbishops to discuss the adoption issues, the PMOS replied that we had been in constant contact with all those involved. We understood ...
Put to the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) that the DUP had said that they needed to see evidence on the ground on policing, and how much time did that leave the Prime Minister, the PMOS said that what...
Put to the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) that the DUP had said that they needed to see evidence on the ground on policing, and how much time did that leave the Prime Minister, the PMOS said that what...
Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: Northern Ireland, Adoption, Community Cohesion, Middle East, Police Inquiry/No10 computers and Prisons/Home Office split
Tottenham and England stars Paul Robinson and Ledley King headed to Number 10 today to help launch a community football project. See our gallery of images.
Foreign Secretary, Margaret Beckett, today condemned this mornings suicide bombing in Eilat. She Said:
We respect the need for a secure and fair society where all give and recieve...
'...please give consideration to introducing legislation to make it an offence for cyclists not to use a cycle path and / or traffic control signals where they are provided for their safety.' -- John McLeod
'...immediately stop MPs being allowed to decide their own payrises and pension benefits, and instead be subjected to open market pay reviews as in the private sector.' -- Liz Johns
As a point of fact, biblical and historical scholarship has absolutely...
PFI funding for new buildings in the health sector is providing a financial...
I believe all wars, discrimination, and, as such, millions of deaths...
Introduce a Cycling Proficiency style test for children and adults to make...
Tony Blair welcomed Mexico's President to Number 10 today as the two nations issued a joint declaration to further develop a "genuine strategic partnership".
Plans to protect online gamblers from crime and exploitation by banning gambling adverts from poorly regulated countries have been published today by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
The different methods of voting include:
A review of the Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit (IIDB) scheme was announced today by Jim Murphy, Minister for Employment and Welfare Reform.
The Lord Chancellor, Lord Falconer has appointed Mark Simon Reed and David Kelly to be Immigration Judges of the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal with effect from 29 January 2007, based at Bradford.
29 January - British Muslims and multiculturalism - Policy Exchange report
29 January - Voluntary organisations working to support refugees - ESRC research
Who would pay for child neglect of there own child?
Once you are 40 or over and on disability benifit it is very hard to start...
Fair's fair! If religious groups want to be free to discriminate against...
Currently Family Doctors can sign up not to do nights on call for their...
i am fed up that whenever a good pop concert or sporting event comes around...
Given the advances in medical science over the past two decades, most babies...
The UK use to be a nation of animal lovers but animal cruelty is on the rise...
I am only sixteen years old, but my sister is in the year she was supposed...
The catholic church wishes to discriminate against gay people by exempting...
Many people now feel uncomfortable disclosing their gender or sex when it is...
Hepatitis, HIV and other diseases are spread when syringes and needles are...
Under current legislation UK citizens who are unpaid charity workers for...
This July all enclosed public places and workplaces in England and Wales...
stop putting familys in 1 bedroom flats when people that are on benefits...
It has been argued by the Conservative MP Tim Yeom that the UK should change...
-Saves paper if you email your work to teacher, will help to develop better...
I believe that Jamie Oliver has worked hard, in a diligent and selfless...
To meet the Kyoto treaty targets on carbon emissions, the re-categorization...
Whilst I understand children may need to cycle on the footpaths sometimes,...
To able all parents to take their prams on a bus without having to put it...
Basically what I think is that boys in school should decide themselves if...
Housing associations and the Government should review housing allocation...
The UK Government has persisted with independant government in Scotland,...
'...not allow the catholic church exeption to anti-discrimination legislation.' -- Alan Uisce
As of next year,depending on what size garage you have or what view you have...
Part P IS working It’s only the weekend electricians and cowboys who are...
We would like the goverment to support mums who choose to stay at home and...
'...Make it illegal to keep your car stationary with the foot brake when it would be safer to do so with the handbrake. This will also stop the person in the car behind you being glared by the brake lights.' -- ...
Schools Minister Andrew Adonis today announced a new national development centre to support and promote supplementary schools in England.
This would ban the advertisement of Credit Cards and Loans in the media just...
The new gay discrimination laws are to come into force in April and some...
'...introduce a pet licensing system to prevent inappropriate people from being allowed to have pets, and tougher sentencing to help combat animal cruelty.' -- Joseph Barker
'...grant birmingham city permission to build a new stadium,where the council wont' -- Graham Williams
Vehicles classed as "Historic vehicles" must have rolled off the production...
The Package Travel Regulations were introduced in 1992 following the...
please Sign this petition to stop the planned closure of Abertillery and...
A Petition For Justice for the 96 Who lost their Lives at the Hillsborough...
When someone commits a crime of any kind that carries a prison sentence then...
-Survey reveals most NHS patients have fast and flexible access to family doctors- -Many patients would like to see GPs open in the evenings and at weekends-
A new 'tsar' has been appointed at the Department of Health to help lead government policy on renal services.
Learning & Development Strategy for the Scottish Fire and Rescue
Assets Recovery Agency (ARA) Financial Investigators, working in partnership with South Wales Police and the Crown Prosecution Service, have secured the payment of £3.3 million from David Edward Dale from...
Six UK companies win fire service contracts against international competition
Social housing conditions in England have substantially improved since 1996 with the number of non-decent homes reducing by over 3 million, from 9.1 million (45 per cent) to 6 million (27 per cent) in 2005, according...
Tony Blair has offered his support to a regional scheme which is aiming to raise the profile of people who work tirelessly for their community.
Next week you'll have the chance to quiz the Health Secretary about the future of the UK's public services.
The British and Irish prime ministers have welcomed Sinn Fein's decision to back policing in Northern Ireland.
Thousands more helped to remain independent
The following statistics were released today by the Department of Health:
Overnight safety work to lamp posts on the A23 near Patcham, West Sussex will begin on Monday 5 February and is due to be completed by the end of March.
My written statement of 25 October 2006 concerning the Transparency Directive (2004/109/EC) undertook to publish the terms of reference for the "Davies Review". The terms of reference now follow.
Section...
I represented the United Kingdom at the Environment Council meeting in Brussels on 18 December.
The Council adopted a political agreement on the proposed marine strategy directive after the European Parliament...
My right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary , Sir John Grant (UK permanent representative to the EU) and I represented the UK at the General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) in Brussels.
The...
The European Court of Justice has yesterday given its ruling in the case brought by former employees of the Allied Steel and Wire Company, who lost pension entitlements when the company became insolvent. We shall...
The Lord Chancellor, Lord Falconer has appointed Mark Simon Reed and David Kelly to be Immigration Judges of the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal with effect from 29 January 2007, based at Bradford.
HM the Queen has appointed Sally Dowding, to be a District Judge on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, Lord Falconer. The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, has assigned her to the Midland Circuit...
The applications before the court concern two freezing orders obtained by the Applicant ("BNC") in respect of the assets of the Respondent ("ETC"). The first, dated 29 September 2006, is a domestic order; the second...
This is an application by the Second Defendant, De Wind GmbH "(DWG") for a declaration that the court has no jurisdiction in respect of the claims brought against it by the Claimants (being respectively "FKI Ltd...
This action arises out of a collision between Bulk Atalanta and Forest Pioneer in the approaches to Gibraltar on 27 November 2003.
This action is concerned with complex fraud claims associated with an investigation into the sale of Nigerian bills of exchange. In brief, Noga claims that the 1996 repurchase by Nigeria of part of a Nigerian debt...